NGC 6932
NGC 6932
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6932 as it looked roughly 173 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 5008Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy8.5 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy9.1 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5024Galaxy8.5 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy9.1 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).